Homeopathy

A quick word on flu’s in this time where most people are very concerned about swine flu.

There is a long history of successful management of serious acute infections with homeopathy, particularly the flu. Homeopathic medicine has proved extremely effective in the management of the 1918 flu epidemic, and it will prove itself in any future flu pandemic, just as it does in every winter in the treatment of that year’s flu cases.

A report to the American Institute of Homeopathy in 1921 documented the dramatic success of homeopathy in the worst flu pandemic in history. The death rate of 24,000 flu cases treated under conventional medical care in that study was 28.2%, while the death rate of 26,000 cases treated with homeopathy was a only 1.05%.

For at least the past 150 years homeopathic practitioners have used the medicine Influenzinum as a flu preventive. Influenzinum is a homeopathic medicine made from flu viruses. The typical dosage is once per week for four weeks beginning in October or later, followed by another dose three weeks later.

In 1998 the French Society of Homeopathy conducted a survey of 23 homeopathic doctors concerning their use of Influenzinum as a flu preventive (Coulamy, 1998). The survey included use of Influenzinum over a 10 year period (1987-1998) in 453 patients. The protocol for the frequency of doses varied considerably among these doctors. 80% of respondents began treatment in the fall (September through November) and ended between February and April. In this French survey 70 percent of participants used a 9C strength of Influenzinum.

Results of the survey were remarkable. In approximately 90% of the cases no instances of the flu occurred when Influenzinum was used preventively no matter what the dosage protocol. In 5% there was no protective effect. Of the patients, 98% expressed a desire to take the same preventive treatment the following year.
Certainly this confidence in homeopathic prevention among physicians with many years of experience and their patients speaks to the effectiveness of Influenzinum as a flu preventive.

With homeopathy’s ablity to match the symptoms of the illness to the curative remedy, we can see a pattern to the seasonal flus.

Contacting your homeopath for both preventative flu remedies and flu treatment if you get sick, can help you to recover quicker, help protect your children and elderly (the most susceptable) from getting sick and  can boost your immunity so you will not be sick as often.

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